Friday’s killer whale run-in explored…
Posted August 27, 2011 at 9:11 am by Ian Byington
Transient orca off the west side of the island yesterday (not L90!)...photo by Jim Maya
Was she hit or not?
There were reports & rumors yesterday morning that an 18 or 19 year old killer whale (L90) was struck by a boat Friday…since then, it appears more may have been involved (she may be pregnant) and less (it appears she wasn’t struck). Here are reports from different observers:
Ken Balcomb’s Center for Whale Research report
KING 5’s news story for TV, including some nice aerials of the orcas & Fred Fellerman speaking
The Kitsap Sun’s report by Christopher Dunagan, which includes talking to the CWR’s Erin Heydenreich
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In other whale news, a pod of transients was hugging the shore at Elliot Bay yesterday (near Seattle), which of course got the city a bit giddy.
And…rescue efforts to help an entangled humpback in the Strait of Georgia continue…here’s more on that.
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